In attendance: Laura Coutts-Mills, Cait Barker, Gail Wright, Cheryl Korte, Kelli Holden, Kathryn Davies, Brenda Stumbur, Sharon Lundeen, Heather Orey, Gail Ferguson
Kindergarten - Valentine's Party 14th, 15th
Grade 1- Welcome Michael! 100th Day - will be celebrated on Friday, February 15, 2013
Grade 2- 101 st Day of School on Friday Grade 3 - Bridges, skating, interviews went well Grade 4 - Skiing Thursday - Everyone going - 2 Blocks available - Free , Eson materials, First Nations -
Music - Review for Christmas concerts, choral celebration, volunteer tea, Grade 4 Farewell
Decisions - to be made at February 25 mtg
Library Grant - more discussion on purchase of World Book encyclopedias, picture dictionaries & thesauruses are wanted - Gail S will look further into what reference materials are wanted
Millgrove Celebration of Learning - April ? - Date still to be determined
Information & Discussion
CAVE Assembly - February 28 th @ 11:00 am - Grade 3's to lead
March – Honesty - 3/4
April – Respect for Others and the Environment - 4/2
May – Self-Respect - 2/K
June – Fairness - K
Tech PLC's Feb 12, 13 & 15 - Topic - Looking at Ways to Make Your Blog more interactive/ Google Reader
Office
Student Attendance - Please be accurate - If you are entering afternoon before 1:03pm make sure that you change your default setting
Swimming - Grade 1's/2's - Starting on the Friday, February 22 - no showering until after life guard has spoken to the students
Be aware of the children who may need extra support - talk to parents, EAs, and office
Grade. 3/4's - March 12 - Leave at 10:30, swim from 11:00-12:00, stagger the change room, & April 3rd - 1 hour swim times - First year of doing this - buses are booked.
February 15th - National Flag Day - supplies in mailboxes on Thursday Expectations of Educational Assistants
8:30 - Begin the day and in the classroom
15 minute break - arranged with teacher
12:45 - Lunch
1:15 - In Classroom
3:00 - Finish for the day
February - Parent Teacher Interview Feedback
K's - student led conferencing - very successful
Gr. 1's - liked the timing of the P/T interviews
Gr. 2's liked it - were well prepared the parents,
Gr. 3's - lots of preparation, time was just right, spent some time looking at their goals, focused on numercy, literacy & citizenship,
Gr. 4's - want to see what happens after report cards, student led report cards worked well. Report Cards
Teachers:
Appreciated the variety of report cards
Additional Comments - something needs to be in that section
Reading Level - not the level but indicate the grade level - beginning, middle, end
Comment on Literacy, Numacy, Citizenship
Kindergarten Open House- February 20th @ 6:00-7:30
Teddy Bear Theme
Grade 4 Leaders to help with tours and centres
Multi-purpose Room
What are the possiblities?
Some ideas are: for Music - recording of playing, school council meetings, media use, small groups, 1/2 class break out
Technology
Learning Leader ipads
Overview - ipads, more time to get an idea of the possibilities
Appropriate aps -
Buy a $25.00 iTunes card/iPad
Assembly Protocol
Clear the gym, everyone needs to exit and then come back after the chairs & sound system has been put away
Gym Doors - Locked
Jump rope for Heart - Carol & Julianne - will lead
Google Drive
PD - Going to different sessions, how do we share our information? afternoon PD - difficult to be in the gym, how was that topic selected? brain - how we learn? lost me totally? Has Tri-School outgrown itself, how are we deciding? identified a number of things - how do I find the Ed plan, how do I know the Ed plan? Where are the conversations? Is there a way to formalize that?
PD Committee - Choice - ? Tri - School group -
Classroom Tech- model of having 6 desktops in class, wifi (hub in each class?)
Garbage Cans - Bigger cans? 4
Basketball intramurals - 1 day boys/ 1 days girls - grade 4 only -Michael & Jan will lead
Balanced Literacy
Continue to identify -
Sharon McDonald - CORE Training - Pilates Training - Hours - Afterschool - More information to follow from Sharon McDonald
Random Acts of Kindness - February 14 - 28th
PD Day - March 8th - EA Boot Camp -Power Struggles: How you can make a difference! 8:30 - 11-30 - Division Office
Admin Team Meeting- February 11, 2013
In attendance: Laura Coutts-Mills, Cait Barker, Gail Wright, Cheryl Korte, Kelli Holden, Kathryn Davies, Brenda Stumbur, Sharon Lundeen, Heather Orey, Gail Ferguson
Kindergarten - Valentine's Party 14th, 15th
Grade 1- Welcome Michael! 100th Day - will be celebrated on Friday, February 15, 2013
Grade 2- 101 st Day of School on Friday
Grade 3 - Bridges, skating, interviews went well
Grade 4 - Skiing Thursday - Everyone going - 2 Blocks available - Free , Eson materials, First Nations -
Music - Review for Christmas concerts, choral celebration, volunteer tea, Grade 4 Farewell
Decisions - to be made at February 25 mtg
Library Grant - more discussion on purchase of World Book encyclopedias, picture dictionaries & thesauruses are wanted - Gail S will look further into what reference materials are wantedMillgrove Celebration of Learning - April ? - Date still to be determined
Information & Discussion
CAVE Assembly - February 28 th @ 11:00 am - Grade 3's to lead
March – Honesty - 3/4April – Respect for Others and the Environment - 4/2
May – Self-Respect - 2/K
June – Fairness - K
Tech PLC's Feb 12, 13 & 15 - Topic - Looking at Ways to Make Your Blog more interactive/ Google Reader
Office
Student Attendance - Please be accurate - If you are entering afternoon before 1:03pm make sure that you change your default setting
Swimming - Grade 1's/2's - Starting on the Friday, February 22 - no showering until after life guard has spoken to the students
Be aware of the children who may need extra support - talk to parents, EAs, and office
Grade. 3/4's - March 12 - Leave at 10:30, swim from 11:00-12:00, stagger the change room, & April 3rd - 1 hour swim times - First year of doing this - buses are booked.
February 15th - National Flag Day - supplies in mailboxes on Thursday
Expectations of Educational Assistants
8:30 - Begin the day and in the classroom
15 minute break - arranged with teacher
12:45 - Lunch
1:15 - In Classroom
3:00 - Finish for the day
February - Parent Teacher Interview Feedback
K's - student led conferencing - very successfulGr. 1's - liked the timing of the P/T interviews
Gr. 2's liked it - were well prepared the parents,
Gr. 3's - lots of preparation, time was just right, spent some time looking at their goals, focused on numercy, literacy & citizenship,
Gr. 4's - want to see what happens after report cards, student led report cards worked well.
Report Cards
Teachers:
Appreciated the variety of report cards
Additional Comments - something needs to be in that section
Reading Level - not the level but indicate the grade level - beginning, middle, end
Comment on Literacy, Numacy, Citizenship
Kindergarten Open House- February 20th @ 6:00-7:30
Teddy Bear ThemeGrade 4 Leaders to help with tours and centres
Multi-purpose Room
What are the possiblities?Some ideas are: for Music - recording of playing, school council meetings, media use, small groups, 1/2 class break out
Technology
Learning Leader ipads
Overview - ipads, more time to get an idea of the possibilitiesAppropriate aps -
Buy a $25.00 iTunes card/iPad
Assembly Protocol
Clear the gym, everyone needs to exit and then come back after the chairs & sound system has been put awayGym Doors - Locked
Jump rope for Heart - Carol & Julianne - will lead
Google DrivePD - Going to different sessions, how do we share our information? afternoon PD - difficult to be in the gym, how was that topic selected? brain - how we learn? lost me totally? Has Tri-School outgrown itself, how are we deciding? identified a number of things - how do I find the Ed plan, how do I know the Ed plan? Where are the conversations? Is there a way to formalize that?
PD Committee - Choice - ? Tri - School group -
Classroom Tech- model of having 6 desktops in class, wifi (hub in each class?)
Garbage Cans - Bigger cans? 4
Basketball intramurals - 1 day boys/ 1 days girls - grade 4 only -Michael & Jan will lead
Balanced Literacy
Continue to identify -
Sharon McDonald - CORE Training - Pilates Training - Hours - Afterschool - More information to follow from Sharon McDonald
Random Acts of Kindness - February 14 - 28th
PD Day - March 8th - EA Boot Camp -Power Struggles: How you can make a difference!
8:30 - 11-30 - Division Office